July 12, 2005 – bbc.co.uk. ENT NEWS – Word has it that Johnny has finally gone and done it. According to the ENT NEWS he’s pulled off the big coup; he’s managed to persuade Rolling Stone Keith Richards to star as Captain Jack Sparrow’s father in one of the two upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ sequels. “You talk about a dream come true,” said Depp. “You get to be a pirate with Keith Richards, does it get any better than that?”
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